'Sesame Street' Characters To Take To The Stage

September 26, 1986|By Charlene Hager

Children of all ages will smile with delight when Sesame Street Live's all-new edition, ''Save Our Street,'' takes to the stage at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach for two performances. Included in the menagerie will be Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Bert and Ernie, Grover, Prairie Dawn, The Count and Mr. Meanie and his Meanie Birds.

Performances are at 12:30 and 4 p.m. Oct. 4 and 5. Ticket prices are $9 and $8; Sunday's last show will be WESH-TV Channel 2's family matinee, for which admission will be $5 per person. All other shows offer a $1.50 discount for children under 12 and senior citizens 62 and over, courtesy of McDonald's. Groups of 20 or more will receive a discount of $2 off Saturday's 4 p.m. show and Sunday's 12:30 p.m. performance, courtesy of Coca-Cola.

Tickets are available at the Ocean Center and all Select-a-Seat outlets. Orders also will be taken over the phone by calling (904) 254-4545 or 1-800-858-6444.

STETSON RECITAL

STETSON UNIVERSITY music professors Robert and Mollie Rich will perform a recital at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Elizabeth Hall Auditorium on the Stetson campus, DeLand.

The program will be divided into four parts. The first will open with a Bach group accompanied by Jean Rickman on flute, Kathryn Huffman on bassoon and Robert Fort on harpsichord. The second will feature Rich performing three solos by French composer Henri Dupare, accompanied by Michael Rickman. The third will be a set of three songs by Rossini sung by Mrs. Rich. To conclude the program, the Riches will perform a set of duets for soprano and tenor by Felix Mendelssohn.

The recital is open to the public with a $2 donation to the School of Music Fund collected at the door.

MOODY BLUES

TICKETS FOR Wednesday's 8 p.m. Moody Blues concert still are available at the Ocean Center and all Select-a-Seat outlets. Special guests will be the British rock band The Fixx. Tickets are $16 per person.

GUITAR AWARD

STEPHEN ROBINSON, internationally known guitarist and founder of Stetson University's guitar department, has received a $5,000 Individual Artist Fellowship by the state of Florida. The award was given to support Robinson's development as an artist in Florida. He received his first Florida Arts Fellowship in 1980.

Robinson said he is grateful to the state's support and help to his career. His plans for the fellowship money are not firm, but he said he would like to use a portion of the award to commission a new work for guitar and orchestra, and put the rest toward recording.

The classical guitarist, a graduate of Florida State University, came to Stetson's School of Music in 1983 to begin its program. He has worked closely with world-known guitarist Andres Segovia and recently toured with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

BAND CONCERT

THE CITY of Port Orange will host the United States Marine Corps Band, also known as the President's Band, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Spruce Creek High School auditorium, Port Orange. The public is invited to attend the free concert. Tickets will be required due to limited seating. More information is available by calling (904) 761-8000.

ACA GRANTS

SEVEN GRANTS totaling $40,000 have been awarded to the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach by the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs.

Secretary of State George Firestone announced the allocations, which will

be used to support the artists-in-residence pgogram.

The awards are $4,000 for writer Francine dePlessix Gray, artist in residence in November 1986; $5,000 for photographer Jerry Uelsmann, also in residence in November; $4,000 for multimedia artist Terry Allen, in residence in February 1987; $8,000 for three-week stay of the Ballet Hispanico from New York City in April 1987; $8,000 for a July 1987 production of ''The Uses and Misuses of Power in Shakespeare's The Tempest'' and other plays; $8,000 for support of the master's program; and $3,000 to have writer James Dickey in residence in June 1987.

Dickey is the first artist to repeat the program. He was in residence at the center in 1982 and will help celebrate the fifth anniversary of the master artist program.

PHOTO EXHIBIT

''PRESERVATION, TRADITION and Memories'' is the title of a historic preservation exhibit of photography on display this month at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1414 Art Center Ave., New Smyrna Beach.

Volusia County students and Anna Tomczak, artist-in-education, took the photographs during field trips and workshops. The work includes impressions of historic buildings, environment and symbols of tradition.

PARK PROGRAMS

FREE WEEKEND programs offered at Canaveral National Seashore include a movie about Florida manatees and a canoe trip. Today rangers will present Silent Sirens, a one-hour film about the endangered aquatic mammal, at the information center approximately 10 miles south of New Smyrna Beach on County Road A1A.

A canoe trip on the Mosquito Lagoon will run from 9 a.m. until noon Saturday. Reservations are needed because space is limited to 14 people in the rangers' canoes. Private canoes may join the excursion; no motors or children under 7 years old are allowed. Participants should meet at the visitor information center. Call (904) 428-3384 for information or reservations.